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It’s the Terror Management Theory, stupid!

How the fear of death makes people more Right-wing.

The results showed that Iranian students who were made to think about death were more supportive of martyrdom attacks against the US, while those in the control condition opposed them. Similarly, death reminders made US students who identified as politically conservative more supportive of extreme military attacks on foreign nations that could kill thousands of civilians.

“The code I’m still ashamed of.”

As developers, we are often one of the last lines of defense against potentially dangerous and unethical practices.

Update: ”Programmers are having a huge discussion about the unethical and illegal things they’ve been asked to do.”

Do Not Go Gentle into that iTunes Store (via medium.com).

So the software actually works about 33% of the time, even though it indicates that it only works 5% of the time. Remember that wait-ten-minutes-then-randomly-reload-to-see-if-anything-changed trick. It’s the sign of excellently designed consumer software.

Hollywood Is The Most Successful Propaganda Machine Of All Time.

We create a picture of reality as created by white men (almost exclusively) and in which patriarchal white experiences are the preferred experiences, the dominant experiences, the situation worth preserving, the good ole’ days, “traditional” values. And because this fake news is the way we zone out after work and entertain our children, this becomes our culture.

Someone found the perfect visual metaphor for the alt-right running the federal government #transition2017 pic.twitter.com/qptLP1te8W

— William Resh (@billresh) November 18, 2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants You to Eat Less Meat – For the Sake of the Planet’s Future.

I did not know this is still a thing.

ICQ is turning 20 (and that is no small potatoes). A whole generation has already grown up with the forerunner of all messengers.

I have been pwned. 😠

Have I been pwned? allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email addresses has been compromised.

Only the paranoid survive.

Protecting Your Digital Life in 7 Easy Steps.